Ice-cutter.



No. 772,805. I PATENTED OCT 18, 1904.

' H. M. HUNT.

-IUE CUTTER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 13, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

anogwro'b witnesses No. 772,805. I

Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. HUNT, OF FLORENCE, COLORADO.

ICE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '77 2,805, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed June 13, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. HUNT,--a citizen of the United States, residing at Florence, in the county of Fremont and State of 0010- rado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cutters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved ice-cutter for shaving ice; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, strong, and durable device of this character which is efficient for shaving or cutting ice and which has an adjustable blade that may be so set as to make cuts of any desired depths in the ice.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ice cutting or shaving device embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional View ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the blade-holders, the outline of the blade being indicated in dotted lines.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a table or frame 1, which has a pair of side bars 2 and a cover or table-top 3, which connects, them together. The sides extend above and below the table-top, the upper sides forming guide-flanges 4. At a point about midway between the ends of the frame the table-top is provided with an oblique trans-' verse opening 5 of suitable width and which extends entirely across the same. On the inner sides of the side pieces 2 are secured blade-holders 5, each of which comprises a yoke or base 6, adapted to bear against one of the sides and provided with openings 7 for screws or' other devices used to secure the holder to the side of the frame, and an inclined arm 8, having on its inner side a similarly-inclined slot 9 for the reception of one strain). 212.395. (No model.)

end of the blade or hit 10. The outer edge of the bladeorbit is beveled to form a cutting edge, and the inclined slots 9 dispose the blades at a lateral inclination with reference to the face of the table-top on which the block of ice is moved across the cutting edge of the bit. blade shaves or cuts the ice and that the shavings from the ice fall through the opening 5. The arm 8 of each blade or bit holder is provided with an adjusting-screw 12 for adjusting the blade or bit and with asst-screw 13 for clamping the same firmly in place when adjusted.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An ice-cutter comprising a frame having a table and side members which extend above and below the table, the latter having a transverse opening therein, holders secured to the inner sides of the side members, at the ends of said opening and each having an inclined arm provided on its inner side with a slot, a

blade or hit in said opening and having its.

ends in said slots, means to adjust the blade and means to secure the ends thereof in said slots, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY M. HUNT. Witnesses:

H. K. GORDON, CHARL S HILL.

It will be understood that the bit or- 

